Bright Prospects for Chemurgy in South Arkansas
The chemurgy movement pushes agriculture to supply chemical raw materials for industry. Dr. R L Riggs of Kraft Phoenix Cheese says dairy, foods and plastics can emerge from crops like corn and cotton. Arkansas leaders spotlight South Arkansas pine forests and vast pulpwood as pivotal to a regional chemurgic industry.
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Chemurgy
South
Arkan
R. L. Riggs
Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corporation
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Chemurgic
Arkansas
Plastics
Chemurgic Industries
Texarkana Stockyards boosts Southwest farmers access
Texarkana Stockyards, Inc. at the south end of Lelia Street in Texarkana offers bonded commission firms, feeding, insurance and high prices to farmers. Proximity to rail and quick trucking cut costs, with cattle often sold by noon and shipped to slaughterhouses that evening.
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Arkansas
Texarkana Stockyards, Inc
Lelia Street
Texarkana
United States
Sour gas turn into war fuel at Arkansas plant
The Dorcheat-Macedonia sour gas field near Magnolia Arkansas is processed at the Columbia Gas Treating Plant. Opened May 1 1943 the plant purifies sour gas for war industries and delivers about 81 million cubic feet daily along with a 139 mile pipeline system. The facility supports 35 workers and 24 employee homes while expanding gas output and refining hydrocarbons for strategic use.
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Dorcheat-Macedonia
Columbia Gas
Magnolia
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
War Industries of
Arkansas
Ark
Hudson Engineering Corporation
Houston
Texas
Oldham Brothers Welding and Construction Company
Greggton
McAlester Fuel Company
Lizzie Franks
Macedonia
Atlantic Refining Company
Pine Woods
Cotton Valley
Dorcheat
Columbia County
Columbia
Curran to Attend South Arkansas Development Rally
R. W. Curran Arkansas state manager of Arkansas Louisiana Gas, based in Little Rock, joins national and local leaders at the South Arkansas development rally in El Dorado Stamps and Magnolia. A University of Missouri engineer, Curran has led Arkansas gas properties 14 years, helped plan sour gas usage and the pipelines feeding war plants, and is active in civic affairs as a Rotarian Shriner and club member.
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R. W. Curran
Arkansas
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Little Rock
South Arkansas Development
el Dorado
Stamps
Magnolia
Curran
University of Missouri Engineering School
Arkansas Properties
South Arkansas
Super Salesman Thatcher Secures New Arkansas Industries
Before Pearl Harbor H Batcher head of the Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission traveled to Washington with maps and data to win new plants for Arkansas. He intensified efforts after the war began, meeting government bureaus to sell Arkansas advantages as defense production rose.
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Arkansas
Thatcher
Agricultural and Industrial Commission
H. K. Thatcher
Pearl Harbor
United States
H. Batcher
Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission
Washington
Arkansas Great Opportunity for Venture Capital
Arkansas leaders urge South Arkansas to become an integrated agricultural and industrial region driven by venture capital. The piece highlights power from gas fields, industrial water, transport, trained labor, and raw materials like oil gas timber clays chalk and crops such as soybeans and peanuts as foundations for diverse industries.
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Chemurgists
South Arkansas
Chemurgy
H. K. Thatcher
Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission
South Arkasheerssas
Arkansas
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Homer
Points South
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Metropolis
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